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It's their biggest market because of Hotpoint The reason the UK (and probably Ireland) are big markets for the Indesit Group is quite simple - they purchased Hotpoint and that company had an excellent reputation built up over the decades in this part of the world. It's the same with Candy...

For most stains, a long wash on 40ºC is probably more helpful as it will activate the enzymes and let the product really get to work. Boiling the item will tend to activate the bleach quite strongly, but it will also destroy the enzymes once the water becomes very hot. If Ariel won't shift it...

While I don't agree with moving so much European and American manufacturing to China and I absolutely do not agree with how the Chinese Government works in a totally non-democratic way. However, there's no particular reason why a product built in China would be of low quality at that price...

@Laundress Hyacinth Bucket only have used Persil as it's got a royal seal of approval on it :D "By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen" I'd doubt she'd have let Daz or Surf anywhere inside the door as they're 2nd tier detergents in the Unilever and P&G UK product line ups :) You'd never...

It sounds like it's not grounding the drum either because of a failed grounding contact, there's something wrong with the grounding in your home (unlikely but worth checking!) or most likely the drum's coated with fabric softener. Remove the dryer's plug from the wall and then gently clean the...

The look exactly like Fairy / Cascade pods. Single-dose pods have been reasonably popular in Europe for some time though, even if they're not multi-pouch types. We've had liquid-pods and powder tablets for quite a long time now. I'm never really convinced by these kinds of things, they're...

Product recalls are normally listed on our National Consumer Agency's website. Very surprisingly cannot find any information about this recall. BSH would really want to improve their communications! This is the first I've heard of this recall. http://www.nca.ie/nca/product-recalls

WARNING - Bosch Heatpump dryer does not reverse! Just a word of warning, the Bosch heatpump dyers rotate in one direction only! Our Bosch heat pump machine is a bit of a disappointment to be honest. It won't dry sheets without turning them into a complete ball. I didn't even think to check...

I was very disappointed to discover the Bosch machine was non-reversing. It was a bit of a surprise as it's a very high -spec machine in other respects. The other minor issue is the control knob doesn't seem well designed. it doesn't quite line-up with the programmes. I think this is a problem...

I bought the TOL Bosch heat-pump dryer a few months ago and so far it hasn't disappointed at all. The drying times aren't too bad, it generally seems to manage to dry most loads in a pretty decent time, mostly faster than other condensers I've used. These machines flush the water from the...

You're better to do it in a commercial, bolt-down front loader. You can wash pillows in a Miele quite successfully though, but the balance, even in a Miele can be tricky. If you are washing them, I'd suggest packing in enough pillows to completely fill the drum. 1 or 2 pillows will definitely...

Europe's confusing too! Europe's slightly more standardised in terms of voltage than North America. However, there are still quite a few differences in certain countries, even if there's more of a general consensus. The voltage and frequency are totally standardised in the EU (and other...

Omo's made by Unilever. It's more likely to be similar to Unilever's European products like Persil in the UK and Ireland or Skip in France and Spain. Unilever sold its North American laundry division a few years ago, so Surf in the USA is no longer a Unilever product. It would be unlikely that...

How could Bosch and Siemens have such radically different ratings on that table. They are the same BSH machines under two brands :D

On average, EU climates are drastically milder in the most populated areas of Europe. I've read studies to that effect. Other than California, most of the other very populated areas of the United States experience much more regular very cold winters and much warmer summers than the equivalent...

Natural gas consumption in the EU: USA : 683,300,000,000 cubic meters per year EU: 515,000,000,000 cubic meters per year. China : 129,000,000,000 cubic meters per year Australia: 29,400,000,000 Canada: 92,900,000,000 So, ehmmm the EU consumes a hell of a lot of natural gas (2nd largest gas...

You may have to zoom in to max zoom on the map to see it (don't click or move the focal point)

Oops Try this one Sorry for some reason that street view didn't work. Try this link instead...

Here's the Google Street View if you want to take a closer look...

There still is one here in Cork, Ireland although I suspect it may be simply historic branding on an independent store. They've loads of classic old sewing machines in the front window and seem to still do service and repair machines. There's probably been a bit of a resurgence of sewing as a...